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If Google succeeds with the new DRM policy, will that affect functionality of browsers like firefox which uses a different engine? (feddit.rocks)
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[–] gobbling871@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. If it becomes a success on Chrome, other interested parties will pressure Firefox to adopt the standard as well.

[–] tristar@lemmyfly.org 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I doubt Firefox will give in. Much more likely is that websites start blocking it until you cannot use the internet without Chromium

[–] gobbling871@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Firefox will be in a tight corner assuming every other browser vendor picks this up. They can decide to go against it but Firefox does not live in isolation.

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/05/reconciling-mozillas-mission-and-w3c-eme/